Friday,
November 21, 2003, 8:30 - 3:30
Baruch College Conference Center, City University of New York
151 East 25th Street, 7th Floor
New York, New York 10010 travel
directionsThe format of this year’s ACRL/NY
Symposium has been changed to reflect your suggestions. Our five guest
speakers will address the audience in the morning. The afternoon program
will feature a roundtable discussion session that will be moderated by
Rick Karr of National Public Radio. Mr. Karr will present a variety
of prepared questions from the committee and from those attending the
symposium. printable
version of program (.pdf)

8:30-9:00
Registration and Coffee

9:00-9:30President's Address and Introduction of Officers Eloise Bellard,
President ACRL/NY

Program Introduction
Gloria Meisel, Symposium Chair

9:30-11:00 Intellectual Freedom, the Patriot Act
and the Impact on Libraries and LibrariansJudith Krug, American Library Association, Office for Intellectual Freedom. Lee Strickland, U.S. Senior Intelligence Service Officer, and
Visiting
Professor, University of Maryland abstract

11:00-11:15 Morning Break

11:15-
12:15 The Patriot ActDaniel
J. Lyons, Associate
Division Counsel for the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation Intellectual AccessSiva
Vaidhyanathan, Professor, New York University, Department of Culture and
Communication

12:15-1:45 Lunch at Baruch

1:45-
3:30 Roundtable Discussion Moderated by Rick Karr, National Public
Radio

Please note that Congressman
Bernard Sanders will not be speaking at the ACRL/NY Symposium.